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Values-Based Food Supply Chain Case Study: Full Circle
Posted on October 14, 2013Full Circle is an organic farm to table delivery service based in western Washington that grows, sources and distributes fresh produce to West Coast communities on a subscription basis.
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Food System Research Priorities
Posted on September 13, 2013What food systems research should be prioritized over the next five years?
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Values-Based Food Supply Chain Case Study: Home Grown Wisconsin Co-op
Posted onHome Grown Wisconsin was a cooperative, multi-farm wholesale and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) food business founded in 1996 in south central Wisconsin. They successfully sold fresh produce to upscale restaurants and CSA customers in the Chicago area for more than 10 years.
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Citizens Advisory Council meets in Athens and Medford
Posted on September 10, 2013The September 2013 CIAS Citizens Advisory Council meeting was hosted by the Tomandl family, who operate grass-based dairy farms near Medford, and Kat Becker and […]
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Using Values-Based Food Supply Chain Case Studies in University Classes
Posted onThis instructor guide provides resources for using the Values-Based Food Supply Chain Case Studies in three types of university courses: agricultural and food marketing, cooperatives, and food systems.
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New website: Uncommon Fruit
Posted on September 8, 2013Want to learn more about fruits like aronia, currants, Saskatoon, and even jostaberries? CIAS worked with Dale Secher of Carandale Farm to create a website detailing Secher’s 10 years of on-farm research on uncommon fruit crops.
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Values-Based Food Suppy Chain Case Study: Red Tomato
Posted on August 20, 2013Red Tomato is a non-profit organization that carries out marketing and distribution functions for 40 fruit and vegetable farmers, mostly in the northeastern U.S.
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Uncommon Fruit
Posted on August 14, 2013Want to learn more about fruits like aronia, currants, Saskatoon, and even jostaberries? CIAS worked with Dale Secher of Carandale Farm to create a website detailing Secher’s 10 years of on-farm research on uncommon fruit crops.
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Values-Based Food Suppy Chain Case Study: Country Natural Beef
Posted on June 18, 2013Country Natural Beef started with 14 ranching families marketing 200 head of natural beef cattle in 1987. In recent years, the cooperative has nearly 100 member ranches in multiple states that raise more than 100,000 brood cows, manage more than 6 million acres of land and sell almost $50 million of products.
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Values-Based Food Supply Chain Case Study: Good Earth Farms
Posted on June 4, 2013Begun in 2005 by Mike and Deb Hansen in central Wisconsin, Good Earth Farms
includes five operations that sell nearly all of their certified organic meat through the internet.